When i first heard someone talk about "ripping somebody off", i thought it meant they literally ripped the person's skin off their body.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- In 'Call Me Maybe', I misheard 'Ripped jeans skin' as 'Rich cheese skin'. — Carly Rae Cheddar
- I used to belive I was the only person with a buttcrack because I ripped my butt open as a baby— FC
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- I used to think that "extra body" shampoo meant you could use the runoff suds to clean your body.— Christy
- I used to believe that when a person was "fired" from their job, that they were literally burned at the stake.Anon
- My daughter used to believe that when someone is fired from their job, it meant it literally.— Sally's mommy